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Roundup has been scheduled for Oct 2nd at 6:30pm at Princeton Elementary.

Due to flooding and necessary cleanup after Hurrican Florence, the campground will be closed for a few weeks. New Cub Day has been rescheduled. I'll upload the flyer once it becomes available.

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Pack 23 FAQs

Welcome to Princeton Cub Scout Pack 23!

Cub Scouting means "doing"

The Cub Scout motto is “Do Your Best” and everything in Cub Scouting is designed to have boys doing things. Through fun, age-appropriate activities, the boys achieve the aims of Scouting:

Citizenship training

Character development

Personal fitness

Apart from the fun and excitement of Cub Scout activities, the Cub Scout Oath, Scout Law, and the Cub Scout sign, handshake, motto, and salute all teach good citizenship and contribute to a boy's sense of belonging.

What do cub scouts do?

Learn skills like conservation, how to survive in the wilderness, sportsmanship, safety, emergency preparedness, and improvisation

Earn awards and recognition for the skills you learn

Take field trips, like camping & sleepovers

Help our community through volunteer activities

Make friends and be part of a team through Den and Pack meetings

Do cool stuff at home with your parent(s)

What will scouts do in Pack 23?

Here is just a sample of some of the fun activities for Pack 23.

Pinewood Derby - Scouts design, build, paint, and race wooden cars

Campouts – One in the fall, one in the spring. Overnight camping for boys, their parents, and siblings with plenty of events for earning badges and building comradery.

Blue and Gold Banquet – a "birthday party" celebrating the parents and leaders who volunteer to make cub scouting great.

Veteran's Day Parade – The Pack marches with pride to honor those who have served our country.

Take a look at our Media Gallery for photos of Pack 23 in action over last year!

Who is in Cub Scout Pack 23?

Pack 23 is open to all boys attending Princeton area public, private, and home schools. Dens are organized in the following ranks:

Kindergarten - Lion Cubs

First Graders - Tiger Cubs

Second Graders - Wolf Cubs

Third Graders - Bear Cubs

Fourth and Fifth Graders - Webelos

Ranks are not prerequisite of each other. A scout's rank is based on their grade. You do not have to have completed one rank to become the next and you do not have to complete any ranks you missed before joining.

How does my son join Pack 23?

Boys can join Cub Scouting at any point during the year by filling out a youth application, and the Health Form and submitting them, along with the council registration fees at the next pack meeting. Boys who join in the spring may go to Cub Scout summer camp, too.

Please contact Pack Master Nella McCraw, for more information.

Interested in donating to Princeton Cub Scout Pack 23?

Pack 23 Handbook

Cub Scout Pack 23

Quick Facts

Cost:

There is an initial registration fee of $13.75 which is paid to the Tuscarora Council. Beginning this fall, we will offer the option to pay dues. Dues will cover the cost of one camping trip including breakfast, dinner, and s'mores for a parent and scout ($34), Pinewood Derby car ($5), "class B" uniform Pack 23 t-shirt ($10), graduation food and cake ($15), Charter registration in February ($34), and supplies ($2). The amounts in parentheses are the individual costs if you'd rather pay each fee individually. For Tigers through Arrow of Light ranks, our dues will be $100 for the first scout with a subsequent family discount of $20 for each additional scout who joins. You will have the option of paying dues upfront or paying $10 at each pack meeting. You will also have the option of paying for BSA sponsored events out of pocket. Please be aware that there will be deadlines for participation in those events.

If annual dues place an excessive burden on your family’s finances (especially if you have more than one son in Scouts), please contact the Cubmaster, Pack Committee Chair or Pack Committee Treasurer to discuss alternate arrangements. Although the Pack depends upon this fee to fund our many activities, we’d like to see all boys able to participate in Scouting.

We do hope to either fully or partially subsidize the cost of the optional activities through Fundraising. Please feel free to contact the Cubmaster with any fundraising ideas you may have.Please be aware the BSA does not allow any fundraisers which could be construed as gambling (e.g. raffles).

Activities:

In addition to the Pinewood Derby and BSA sponsored camping events, we will have the option to attend the day events of the Camporee, Farm Daze at Sonlight Farms where we will learn about agricultural practices through the FFA, have a cub scout pot luck Halloween Party and Carnival themed Blue and Gold Banquet where each den will be responsible for a different carnival game, and travel to the Carolina Tiger Rescue for a special Cub Scout Day where we will learn about wildlife veterinary medicine, wildlife conservation, and even get to paint with the tigers.

Community Events:

In addition to the Veterans Day Parade, Christmas Parade, and Princeton Community Day, our Pack will also participate in a Scout Pumpkin Carving Contest where the pumpkins will be displayed on Edwards Street and Caroling during the Christmas lighting.

Projects:

For our conservation projects, we have partnered with Princeton Elementary School to recycle. Each month a different den will be responsible for maintaining a collection schedule and delivering recyclables to the most convenient recycling center. We've also partnered with Princeton Elementary School and Crayola to recycle markers. We will also hold a Community Closet where local children can "shop" for clothes for free. The Community Closet will be open for 1 hour after our monthly Pack meetings and all leftover clothes will be donated. We will also crochet octopi for the Rex NICU. All projects have been chosen to fulfill requirements in conservation and stewardship.

Workshops:

We will also hold optional workshops in crochet, wood working, and bushcraft. The crochet workshop will teach our scouts how to crochet a fishing net but will also teach them the basic skills to contribute to the octopi which will be delivered to the Rex NICU. We will also hold a series to receive credentialing from the American Red Cross in Basic First Aid and CPR. Workshops will have a nominal fee of $5-$8 to cover materials.The series for credentialing will have a fee of $25 to cover the costs of materials and the examination. Workshops will be open to the community.

Summer Activities:

To work towards STEM adventures, we will have summertime activities encompassing STEM subjects to apply to both the Summertime Pack Award as well as Nova Award.

Uniforms

Where to Buy a Uniform

If you’re buying a uniform for the first time, we highly recommend going to the Tuscarora Council Shop located at 172 NC 581 Hwy S. Goldsboro, NC 27530 (Near the intersection of Hwy 70 behind the Rosewood Sheetz). You’ll be able to try on the uniforms and they will have the correct council shoulder patches available. They’re also extremely helpful.

We STRONGLY encourage you to write your last name on the cap (there’s a white label inside), neckerchief (middle of the longest side—the neckerchief will be wrapped along this side so it will not show), and slider (put a piece of masking tape on the back of the slider) so that we might be able to identify any found item.

Attached below for your reference are the formal uniform inspection guidelines issued by the Boy Scouts of America and sheets that show wear the patches go. Please note that Pack 23 does not include Scout pants in our inspections.